This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Nervous System – Quiz 178 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Nervous System Quiz 178 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you are playing football you are using your ..... nervous system A) Autonomic. B) Somatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic. 2. Hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla, released by sympathetic nervous system A) Node of Ranvier. B) Norepinephrine. C) Oligodendroglia. D) Parasympathetic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Norepinephrine. 3. What organ is related to the sense of SIGHT? A) NOSE. B) EYES. C) SKIN. D) TONGUE. E) EARS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EYES. 4. The system of the body that carries information to all parts of the body. A) Nervous system. B) Muscular system. C) Skeletal System. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nervous system. 5. A reduction in the voltage across a neuron or muscle cell membrane from its normal polarized state by movement of sodium ions to the inside of the cell. This results in an action potential in the case of a neuron or the initiation of a contraction in the case of a muscle cell.dendrites A) Dendrites. B) Repolarization. C) Depolarization. D) Ganglion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depolarization. 6. Which term describes the direction of signal transmission by the Efferent System? A) Exits. B) Arrives. C) Away from. D) Towards. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exits. 7. The cell organelles that contain neurotransmitters are the A) Nucleolus. B) Mitochondria. C) Vesicles. D) Ventricles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vesicles. 8. As an impulse moves along the axon, it jumps from one node to the next, which increases the speed at which the impulse can travel A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. A female patient experiences a significant disruption in the circadian rhythm for various sex hormones and corticosterone. A tumor is discovered in the forebrain of this patient. Which of the following structures most likely contains the tumor? A) Posterior hypothalamic nucleus. B) Lateral hypothalamus. C) Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus. D) Suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus. 10. A signal molecule that transmits nerve impulses across synapses A) Neuron. B) Nerve. C) Neurotransmitter. D) Action potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neurotransmitter. 11. Growing A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 12. When we experience fight or flight stress, our blood sugar A) Decreases. B) Increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increases. 13. The site of intercellular communication between neurons or between a neuron and an effector is the A) Telodendria. B) Soma. C) Collaterals. D) Hillock. E) Conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Conclusion. 14. Where is the diencephalon located? A) Atop the brainstem. B) Enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres. C) Under the brainstem. D) Both atop the brainstem and enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres. E) Both enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres and under the brainstem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both atop the brainstem and enclosed by the cerebral hemispheres. 15. Which layer directly encases the bone? A) Skin. B) Periosteum. C) Dura mater. D) Pia mater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Periosteum. 16. Logical decision making is processed here. A) Occipital lobe. B) Visual cortex. C) Frontal lobe. D) Thalamus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frontal lobe. 17. What type of muscle is found in the bladder? A) Cardiac. B) Skeletal. C) Smooth. D) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. 18. Found at the posterior base of the cerebrum and is in charge of balance and coordinating movements: A) Thalamus. B) Reticular Formation. C) Hypothalamus. D) Cerebellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cerebellum. 19. How many nerves do we have in our body? A) 3 nerves. B) About a billion nerves. C) A thousand nerves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About a billion nerves. 20. Afferent nerves are called A) Efferent nerves. B) Sensory nerves. C) Motor nerves. D) Peripheral nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensory nerves. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesNervous System Quiz 1Nervous System Quiz 2Nervous System Quiz 3Nervous System Quiz 4Nervous System Quiz 5Nervous System Quiz 6Nervous System Quiz 7Nervous System Quiz 8Nervous System Quiz 9Nervous System Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books